Bitcoin is said to have been created five years ago by an anonymous computer programmer (or programmers) called Satoshi Nakamoto. This pseudonym is a male Japanese name, but it’s never been traced to a real person and no one knows for sure if one or many individuals created the electronic…
Suburbs don’t get much tidier than Coral Springs. The boxy patch of West Broward is made up of neighborhoods of modest ranch homes planted evenly on shady, manicured lawns. It’s Mayberry 2.0, a David Lynch movie before shit goes bad. Behind the front door of one such modest suburban house…
On May 1, a customer entered a Pompano Beach Subway looking nervous. He paced back and forth across the eatery’s lobby before asking employee Joaquin Zapata to ring him up for a soda and chips. Apparently changing his mind at the register, he then inquired instead about the price of…
The Miami Heat became the last team to lose a game among those remaining in the playoffs on Saturday, when the Brooklyn Nets took Game 3. And now that it’s leading the best-of-seven series only 2-1, the Nets’ Paul Pierce has decided to do that thing where he chirps up…
Floridians who go out and purchase hurricane supplies can expect not to pay any sales tax, thanks to Rick Scott signing the hurricane tax-holiday bill, HB 5601, on Monday. The tax holiday means that things like batteries, generators, radios, tarps, and first-aid kits will be sales-tax-free during hurricane season, which…
Chicago businessman and GOP activist Larry Horist moved to Boca Raton two years ago and has started to make a splash in local right-wing circles. He’s featured speaker at tonight’s Wellington meeting of the Palm Beach County Tea Party. See also: – Tea Party: Let’s Rewrite the U.S. Constitution Touted…
The Federal Aviation Administration says an unmanned drone nearly collided with a commercial US Airways jet over Florida several weeks ago. The FAA says the possibility of drones and planes crashing into one another is becoming more and more a threat. According to reports, on March 22, the 50-seat airliner…
Update: Authorities have given the all-clear after the package the bomb squad inspected was ruled not to be a threat. Suspicions arose after a bag was found in the school parking lot. A bomb squad robot inspected the bag and found there was nothing in it. The bomb squad took…
This past legislative session was a rare productive period for your usually fractious Florida lawmakers. Not only did the state’s representatives pass meaningful legislation; they somehow managed to do so without going full tilt into the Red State shenanigans that usually make Florida a punch line on The Daily Show…
It’s getting to the point where it’s almost become its own parody. But it’s no joke. For the second time in a week, a Miami Dolphins player tweeted out something dumb concerning a player in the draft. Safety Don Jones tweeted out disapproving comments about Michael Sam — the NFL’s…
Democracy is a beautiful thing. It gives us presidents, laws, and American Idol winners. And now we can add yet another thing to Democracy’s shining list of accomplishments: our Best Of Readers’ Poll nominees…
You can now add Margate in the growing number of Broward County and Palm Beach cities extending benefits to same-sex couples. In a 3-2 vote earlier this week, Margate’s city commissioners approved to extend benefits to same-sex couples who were legally married in another state, or are in a domestic…
Earlier this week, the White House released its National Climate Assessment, and, judging by the results of that assessment, things are looking pretty bleak for the environment. Particularly in South Florida. Sea levels are on the rise, and South Florida is sinking. But Sen. and presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has…
Wouldn’t it be nice if folks who wanted to form a Florida corporation to do good (it could happen) and turn a profit were able to incorporate without worrying about being sued for putting the good ahead of the profit? See also: Medical Marijuana: Who Will Profit? Only One “Marijuana”…
Jocks are dumb. This is pretty universally accepted. It might be unfair, but sometimes the evidence is overwhelming. Or maybe it’s just a Dolphins thing? Either way. With the 19th-overall pick, the Miami Dolphins selected yet another offensive tackle in Tennessee OT Ja’Wuan James. Not long after, center Mike Pouncey…
The Miami Heat took a 2-0 lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against Brooklyn on Thursday night, beating the Nets 94-82. While there are plenty of game and series recaps to peruse, we at the Pulp like to dig deeper and get into some specific stuff you may or…
Let’s do a little creative visualization: You are the first mother in the history of the human race. One day, something starts growing inside your uterus, kicking and leaching nutrients for nine months before choosing one of the smallest holes on your body to emerge from. After unimaginable pain, you…
It was only a matter of time, really. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government meetings are allowed to open with prayer — even though currently in this country, the vast majority of such prayers are geared toward Christianity. The case was prompted in Greece, New York, where…
In a 114-page report, the Broward Office of Inspector General lays down the hammer on the Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Division, accusing the shelter of recurring “misconduct and gross management.” Among the report’s findings: the shelter mishandled controlling a drug for euthanized animals that known on the streets…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force will be out task-forcing on Friday and Saturday with a DUI checkpoint scheduled from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday. The DUI checkpoint will be set up at 380 S. Federal Highway in Deerfield Beach. Officers from the BSO as well as…
In case you haven’t noticed what with all the Miami Heat awesomeness lately, the NFL Draft is going down Thursday night. And, as is pretty much the case every year, your Miami Dolphins have the 19th overall selection because nothing rewards mediocrity more than mediocrity. The Fins have been going…
In the late innings of the legislative session, your elected government representatives were a busy hive of activity. One of the bills that passed is another National Rifle Association liberty defense that makes it illegal for kids to be punished for playing with imaginary firearms in school. YEAH, GUNS!…
